Here's the thing about "infinity."
There are an infinite number of possibilities between 1 and 2. 1.01, 1.001, 1.0001, etc etc. None of those infinite possibilities is 3.
this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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True it would have to be physically grounded somehow. Maybe an obscure and uncharacteristically benevolent hyper rich fella sets up camp in the north pole.
I guess if we want Santa to exist historically it would take a religious level of interest and investment in ancient times. He would have to be reveared as a god and donated to. Then the organization can have the resources to get everyones Christmas list and send out presents on Christmas.
So even though Santa doesn't live at OUR north pole...
Wait, what?!
If there are infinite parallel universes, then there is at least one where Santa is real. By the way, what did you smoke earlier?
I believe in the Quantum Claus^TM^ theory - there’s just one guy, and he just makes one present for just one kid (on the nice list, which has at most just one name). But on Christmas Eve he exists in a superposition of states at every child’s house with every possible gift.
Who says Santa is not real? Have you seen him? because I did and I personally helped him deliver presents one time (short route Canada-Finland) But yeah infinite universes does mean there are universes where he is real and those where he is not. Also possibly universes where he is both real and not real at the same time.
What do you think "parallel universe theory" is?
"many worlds hypothesis" in quantum physics is nothing like Sci fi "parallel universe" stuff. Sci fi is fiction. Don't get your understanding of science from Sci fi.
According to the quantum many-worlds interpretation, such a world would only exist if it could arise due to a random quantum fluctuation at some point in the past history of our own world—which doesn’t seem plausible in this case.
You are badly misunderstanding many worlds theory.
I’m using Wheeler’s version of the MWI, because it currently seems to be the most common one—but I think Wheeler’s version is a misunderstanding of Everett’s. So if that’s what you mean, I agree (although I’d say something like “the Everettian interpretation” instead of “many worlds theory”).